Another Tooth!

Connor has two teeth now. Botht he bottom ones have come in and it does not look like they will go back down or anything. He looks so cute.

Connor's appt with the Liver Dr went well and he will be followed up on next year. Today we are getting our anti-RSV shot and tomorrow it is off to Bellvue to go to Dermatology. I think after the derm appt we have nothing for a few weeks YIPEEEEE!!!!

Connor must be haviong a growth spurt or something. He has been sleeping through the night for months now, the other night he woke up at 2, 4, 6 and ate 6 ounces at each of those wake ups, then at 8 he ate again. The rest of the day he was on his normal schedule. Then last night Connor was up again needing to eat. It has to be a growth spurt, he is after all almost 7 months!!!

The therapist says we may see crawling as early as Easter. Figures this is one of those years that Easter comes early!!!!

Love to you all,
A.

Guess who has a TOOTH!!!!

Yup it is in. I think it is in fully now. There was just a corner last night but by tonight there is 2 full corners stuff in the middle too. I don't think it will go down again but it is possible. I am so exited. I don't know why really, other than the fact it is his FIRST tooth! It is on the bottom right and it is beautiful. There looks to be another one coming in right next door so maybe that one will come in soon too. Connor handled getting this tooth pretty good, it took forever but it has only been the last 2 weeks that tylonel has been on board and only at night. He drools like he is part St. bernard but other than that he is his normal happy self. I have started to use the baby Oragel to help a bit too but even that was just at night. Connor doesn't seem to get why I am excited and keep wanting to put my fingers in his mouth but whatever, I will explain it later to him. :)

I emailed Brian and told him all about it. I don't think he was quite as excited as I was, must be a dad thing. I think I would take out an ad in the paper if I could! So now instead of brushing gums every morning and night, I have one tooth to brush too :)

Love one happy mommy!

Happy 6 Months Connor Mac!

Hi everyone,

Connor is 6 months today!!! He is doing so great. He is not sleeping on his big wedge anymore. He has a wedge about half the size of his other one just under his mattress in his crib now. So Connor has way more room to move around now and is quite often found at the other end of the crib fast asleep. I will have to take a picture one night soon of when I put him to bed and where I find him when I go to bed and again where i find him when he gets up in the morning. I am hoping that by the time Brian gets home he will be off any sort of wedge support and just sleeping flat.

Teeth seem to be on the way for Connor. I know I have been saying this of ages now but you can actually see the bumps now. there are two on the bottom and what looks like one on the top. Hopefully he will get all three at once and be out of this pain for a bit. We have been really lucky actually with Connor's temperment when he teeths, he only gets fussy at night and crys at night about them. So he gets tylonle at night and some oragel type stuff for babies and that seems to help him a alot. During the day he is happy with a cold cloth or some cool teething rings.

I think I mentioned it before but if not..his physio guy thinks Connor could be crawling by April! He is already showing signs of trying and he is determined. He sits on his knees by the stairs now and plays with his car there or a ball. He will also sit in his bumbo chair and roll a ball back and forth with you. Of course he needs to put the ball in his mouth before he gives it back to you but that's ok!

We have also introduced the sippy cup. Seems sort of early I know but I did this with the spoon as well and Connor was taking food quick from that and it only helps catch him up sooner. So far he just chews on the sippy cup doesn't actually drink from it, maybe next month. We have just been trying juice or water in the cup. We don't want to do formula because come April we change his formula to one that is not for preemie;s (Thank goodness because it is WAY cheaper than what we pay now. One can of formula is 15 bucks for Connor right now) and the nutrionist suggested we change him from the bottle around then if we can. Then when Connor is adjusted to 12 months in August we can introduce whole milk. YEAH!!!!

All in all things are good around our place. We are looking forward to some new and exciting times and I am sort of even looking forward to baby proffing the house. Might make me a better house cleaner!!!!

Love to you all,
Ali